Jill Craybas

LONDON -- It was not quite a Jill Craybas moment for Serena Williams at a soggy Wimbledon on Saturday but her third round defeat by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet was shocking all the same. Just as when she was beaten by obscure fellow American Craybas at the same stage in 2005, no one saw it coming. Especially when, after a frustrating four-hour rain interruption, the 32-year-old five-times champion returned to Court Two in the early evening to romp through an opening set that lasted only 29 minutes. Victory for top seed and most people's pre-tournament favourite looked a formality, but Cornet, the world number 24, had other ideas and began a stirring fight back to claim a 1-6 6-3...

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LONDON -- It was not quite a Jill Craybas moment for Serena Williams at a soggy Wimbledon on Saturday but her third round defeat by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet was shocking all the same.
Just as when she was beaten by obscure fellow American Craybas at...